Vehicle sightal



Dec. 22,1925 1,566,782

G. TILGER VEHICLE SIGNAL Filed April 22, 1924 Ink/en forzr. G'usiav eTflger I By tiy.

Patented Dec. 22,

UNITED STATES GUSTAVE TILGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VEHICLE SIGNAL.

Application filed April 22, 1924. Serial No. 708,132.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gos'rAvn TILGER, acitizen of France, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook,State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Vehicle Signal, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to vehicle signals and particularly tothose usually designated as stop lights.

The objects of the invention include the provision of a unique signaldevice, per se: means for rendering such signal visible at night and fordrawing attention there-to when actuated; a novel construction and assembly of )arts; and a bracket or fastening means lQIlC ering the devicereadily adjustable to any angle of attachment.

These and such other objects as may hero inafter appear are attained bythe novel combination, construction ant. arrangement of parts, all ofwhich are fully illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a partof this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a side View of mydevice, partly in section;

Eigure 2 is a back View;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3--3 of Figures 1 and 2,and

Figure 4: is a side view detail, partly in outline, of the bracketemployed for holding the device. 7

Like reference characters are used to designate similar parts in thedrawing and in the specification which follows.

the device comprises a barrel or frame 10, ordinarily cylindrical inconfiguration, preferably highly polished within, and having two or moreports 11 and 12 disposed at angles of about 90 degrees from one another.lnsertable from beneath and into barrel 10 is a cap 13 upon which ismounted a light socket 14 carrying a light bulb 15. Current is conveyedto socket 14 and light 15 by conduits 16, preferably supplied withquickly detachable connections with said socket. In the drawing, cap 13is arranged for attachment to barrel 10 by screw threads, but any othertype of connection may be employed.

Barrel 10 is closed at its top 17 and said top is perforated to receivethoend of a spring later to be described. Aifixed to said top 1'? is acentrally located and upwardly directed threaded member 18 about which acoil spring 19 is wrapped, the lower section of which is inserted intothe hole i top 17 just described.

Arranged about barrel 10 is a second barrel 20 provided with a pluralityof ports 21 and 22 disposed at 180 degrees to one another and having ahand 23 of sheet material secured thereto at the wrist 24, the materialat said wrist 24 being of two thicknesses highly polished or glazed uponthe in terior and separated to form a cypher in cross section as isshown in Figures 1, 2, and The hand 23 is preferably painted white andhighly polished or glazed and the palm of dish configuration. A-cap orcover member 25 having a perforation to receive the upper end of spring19 is firmly secured to barrel 20 such cap being additionally perforatedto allow the threaded member 18 to pass therethrough. Pins 26 and 27 aredis posed upon the top of said cap 25 for engagement with a bracket 28to arrest rotative movement of barrel beyond certain predeterminedlimits, said bracket being adapted to engage about threaded member 18and to be secured to the inner barrel 10 by a nut 29 screwed on member18 to complete the assembly of the device proper.

Bracket 28 includes an extension portion 28 forming a guide for a cablehousing 30 through which a cable 31 is run from the brake or clutchpedal or other manually operable lever to and partly around theperiphery of cap 25 whereby cap 25 may be rotated a distance of about 90degrees against the tension of spring 19, such rotative movement beinglimited by pins 26 and 27 as hereinabove indicated.

Additionally bracket 28 has an extension portion 28' having an arcuateslot 32 in,

which a bolt 33 is adapted to slide, such bolt after traversingextension 28 passing through the ends of a loop clamping member 34pivotally secured to bracket 29 by a rivet or the like 35.

The various parts have been so fully described that a further discussionof their construction and of their assembly would be superfluous. Theassembled device is attached to the frame or fender or some other rearportion of a machine with the hand 23 pointing forward and the cable 31run for ward through housing 30 to the brake pedal or other movablelever. Pressure upon the brake pedal exerts a pull upon cable 31 whichcable in return rotates barrel 20 a quarter turn, bringing the hand intoa transverse position plainly visible from any point n t e rear of the mch ne, Rel f he brake pedal allows the hand 23 to assume When the hand23 is rotated a quarter of a turn, parts 11 and 21 cease to register andparts 12 and 22 come into alignment and the color of the glass or othermaterial inserted into either of said parts, (for example red) isflooded onto and up-on'the palm of hand 28 through Wrist 24. Uponrelease of the cable 31, the green light again becomes visible It isquite'manifest that the light bulb 15 is subjected to a continuouscurrent,

and does'not of itself move, and that, at

night, a constant signal is maintained. The

' attention of a driver to the rear of the vehicle is instantlyarreste'd'by a moving signal in the day time and at night'by the Vchangefroma small light of one color to a flood of light directed upon arelatively large object. In operation'the device is of coursepositive,and is so simple in its construction that it cannot be readily put outof order.

To replace a light it is only necessary to unscrew cap 13, replace thebulb 15, and replace cap 13. r

I claim:

1. In a vehicle signal, a stationary barrel, having a plurality oflightports, a rotatable barrel provided With a light port, a signal upon saidrotatable barrel, and alight within said stationary barrel and adaptedto barrel is moved, said signal comprising a hand having an enclosedwrist for concentrating the rays of light upon the palm of said hand. i

2. A tail light comprising a perforated barrel, a detachable cap forsaid barrel and having a light socket disposed therein, a hand of opaquematerial comprising a cylindrical section at the Wrist of said hand,asecond perforated barrel secured to said wrist, a spring intermediatesaid barrels,

and a cable for actuating said second barrel, angular displacement ofsaid barrel obscuring said tail light and providing warning signals.

GUSTAVE- TILGER.

4) play upon said signal when said rotatable.

